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KATkoFF DYING.
The Editor of The Moscow Gazette Near
Deaths Door. Er

The Editor OF The Moscow Gazette Near
Deaths Door. s
The death of Michael Nikiforovitch Kat
koff, editor of The Moscow Gazette, which
may have taken place by the time this is
read, win probably open a new era in
Russia; for this man has been at once the
most able and unrelenting enemy OF popular
liberty and constitutional reform to be found
in that empire. He has hated the Germans
and detested the democratic tendencies of
western Europe, opposed every movement
toward parliamentary representation in Rus
sia, advocated the most severe measures in
Poland and Lithuania, and insisted on the
utter eradication Of German ideas, and even
the German language, in Russia Largely
by his influence the Mennonites were
expelled from the southern prov
inces, the liberal schools closed, and
the German language put under ban in
the RaItic nrovincas Vat sf,auoe fo cov I,o
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He then Travelled in western Europe and
studied at Koenigsberg and Berlin, where he
became thorough going Liberal. Return
ing to Russia he was made professor OF phil
osophy in the Moscow university and advo-
Gated many popular reforms Despite the
despotic sway Of Gar Nicholas, Katkof
boldly advocated a constitution, parlia-
ment and gradual change to govern
ment like that of England; many of
the students under his charge adopted his
views and have since suffered for steadfast
adherence to them. On this account he lost
bis position in the university. after which he
established The Viestrick (Messenger) and
advocated liberalism in its columns But the
acts Of the more radical revolutionists dis
gusted him; he denounced them, and there
after his views rapidly changed. In 1861 he
took charge of The Moskovski Viedomosti
(Moscow Gazette), and his change of views
was soon complete. He first advocated Pan
Slavism-a union of all the Slavic races into
one great empire-and then urged the
abolition of all local or nom Russian customs
in the Polish, German and other non-Mus-
covite provinces. By his influence the Polish
uprising of 1868 was crushed with merciless
severity, and in his journal he exuted over
of education was crowned with complete
success; in 1s66-6S the freer schools
were suppressed, and the government
of all the colleges made to the last degree
despetic His influence over Alexander II
was very great, and over the present czar
greater still Alexander III had decided, on
his accession, to call the heads Of the pro-
vincial assemblies in sort of parliament;
but under the advice of Katkoff, he with
drew the order, and has since tried to rule
more despotically than any previous ruler Of
Russia. Katkoff's plans for the suppression
of Nihilism were adopted throughout; by his
advice the rule of the army was made more
despotic, the alliance with Germany was
broken and the policy of stirring up hatred
to Germans among the Slavic races was
energetieally pursued. Personally Katkoff
is temperate man and untiring worker,
bluff in manner, plain and fearless in speech
and apparently sincere i'll his views; but his
influence has worked only for evil
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marked only by very plain slab, and in the
the same plot arc the graves of thirty six
other Irvings, all marked in the same way.
From the east side of the burial plot the
ground slopes rapidly to Sleepy Hollow, but
the bridge over which the ssheadless horse
man" chased Ichabod is replaced by struc-
ture of solid stone, and even the name of the
once locally powerful Van Tassels has faded
from the vicinity by the emigration of the
men and marriage of the ladies. But south
OF the Irving burial plot, In the ante-revolu-
tionary graveyard, stands the cid Dutch
church, grim and solid, as it has stood for
1888 years, SO little worn that it seemingly
might stand as many thousand years. To
the left of the door small and greatly
weatherbeacen tablet tells its story:
Erected by Frederick Phillips and Catherine
Van Cortland, his wife, 1893.
There are two Tarrytowns, the southern
one in Greensburg township, the northern in
Mount Pleasant, together they form place
OF some 5000 people, stretching some three
miles algng the westward slope of the Green
burg hills, the summit being about 800 feet
above the river. The Delaware Indians had
o village here they called Place Of Ems but
the Hollanders called it Tarwe or awheat"
town;it is twenty-five miles from the cen-
ter of New York city, and its desirability as
place Of residence is shown by the array Of
noted names iii the list of property owners.
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Ooea q 1es01oesooos 1HO EoeIUs1Ntos uf0 III 8lCH
green, unmarried by the hoofs of errant cattle.
sTrNNysrnr

and even the cmbankments of pike and rail
way are in sod as firm as that of the sward
around the dwellings The stone churches
bear pleasing and impressive air of grand
eur and antiquity. The streets, even in the
villages, are lined with flag pavements fit to
bear the walkers for thousand years
Where there is an abrupt break In the grade
its sides are supported by stone wall as solid
as that of western capital. Even the stones
that fence the fields are laid as true in mortar
and are as cleanly pointed" as the founda-
tions of the churches, and capped with hand
some blocks disposed in geometrical elegance
Seen from the Hudson, the heights ON both
sides rise terrace on terrace with a beauty
that unites the best in nature and art, dotted
with the homes of Gothams millionaires-the
whole presenting q scene of picturesque
grandeur not surpassed, the tourists say, in
the world. s5lfss .9t,5 i7 1aar.asf8f oH
Leaving the Hudson at Dobbs' Ferry and
proceeding over the six or seven miles Of ar
Dor biased turnpike to this place, one is on
rich historic ground all the way and never
out of sight of beauties in architecture and
rural adornment, which FL the western Wis
itor with delight that leaves no room for
description. First in interest to the majority
is Sunnyside, long the home of Washington
Irving, and now occupied by two of his
nieces-built entirely with view to appear
ance and approach from the Hudson, but now
reached from the pike by beautiful drive
along that murmurlng creek made so famil-
lar by Irving's writings. Except the roof,
interior wood work and tower like addition
ON the north. the building is substantially as
it was from the first, and nearly all that is
known of its history Is related in this sascrip-
ton on q small tablet in the front wall
Built in 1856
Repaired In 1895.
In the richly adorned cemetery north Of
larry is the grave of the great author
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SPORTING TOPICS.
August Belmont at Loggerheads with the
Monmouth Management.
rCpoc;oI Noyrncc,,ondopna1

August Belmont ut Loggerheads with the
Monmouth Management.
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, July 90
Last Tuesday at Monmouth park, Mr. Au-
gust Belmont's tilly Peeress finished first in a
large field, Satan being the place horse The
race was of course given to PSeress and bets
were paid just as il everything had been all
right. 1t was afterwards learned upon the
protest of Satan's owner that Peeress had car
ried five pounds less than she should, and the
Judges concluding that he was right awarded
the stakes to Satan. This brings kick from
Mr.. Belmont very naturally, I think, as it
was through the fault of Mr.. Coster. the sec
retary of the association, that his filly carried
underweight MIR. Belmont of course de-
mands the stakes. A New York evening pa
per, in discussing the matter, says: HMr. Bel
mont may be entitled to the stakes legally,
but he can hardly think that he is in equity.
1t may be, as he thinks, that his flly could
have won with the needed five pounds up, but
the fact remains that she did not"
**#
To this ridiculous argument will say that
1.-THE fact remains that she did win with the
weight assigned her by the association" and
that ought to settle the matter as far as Mr..
Belmont is concerned, and he should get the
stakes. As for Satan, the jockey club ought
to be compelled also to pay him. The book
makers paid Off on the announcement of the
fact that Peeress had won and now refuse to
cash the straight" tickets on Satan. As the
decision of the judges always carries all the
bets with them, I fail to see how the "bookies"
can fail to cash the Satan pasteboards and
then look to the association for reimburse
nlent of the amounts lost ON account of the
negligence of one of its servants. The epi-
sole will, fear, have the tendency to lower
the standing of the great Monmouth Park as
sociation. OCTy COHEN.
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Ineed but mention the old Aspinwall prop
erty, now owned by Rockefeller, the Herrick
castle on the summit of the hill, the summer
palace of Cyrus Field. and the noted resi-
dence of Jay Gould. with its large park and
extensive, conservatory, already noted in
both Europe and America. Opposite the
4 Gould place, on the east side of the pike. are
tile ruins of the Bierstadt mansion, which
was designed to be SHRINE OF art as well as
secluded home, it was consumed by fire
many years ago. and in it many valuable
paintings were destroyed. But while all
( these have their beauty, and the town itself is
i well worth a visit, the tourist cares more for
the old church, the, old mill, and especially
the monument to the captols Of Andre.
Imagination cannon restore the scene as it
was on that 23d Of September, 1850, for the
thieket east of the road, whsre the captoas
were engaged in a friendly game OF cards. r
has long since changed to an open park. the
hollow is iHled, the stream at which Andres
horse was drinking when hewas discovered
1 now flows through q hidden culvert, and tho
naarshy hollow west of the road IS part Of a
private inclosure. But the exact spot whero
The search took place IS still 10 brushy timber,
nearly IS Il then was and there stands The
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GEN. ]. M. FUTILE.

Sketch of the Man Who Objected to the
Presidents Presence at st. Louis.
Gen. James Madison Tuttle, who has be-
come known all over the country through
leading the opposition to President Cleve-
lands proposed visit to the Grand Army en-
campment at st. Louis, was born near Sum-
merfield, Monroe county, Sept. "a, 1928. His
education was obtained in the common schools,
and when 10 years old he removed with his
father to Fayette county, Ind, where he re-
manned thirteen years. From there he re-
moved to Pennington, Van Buren, county.
La where he engaged in mercantile pur-
suits. His life prior to the breaking out of
the war was comparatively uneyentful In
the fall of 1855 he was elected sheriff of Van
Buren, county, and two years later was
elected county treasurer and recorder.
EARLY in 1861, in response to Lincoln's call
for $4,000 volunteers, Gen. Tuttle hastily
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pam monument with this Inscription on the
south side of the base:

pam monument with this inscription on the
south side of the base e-.s, "a
=. a On this spot e
The 23d day Of September. 1880, the Spy,
Maj John Andre
Adjutant General of the British ARMY
- t Was captured by
John Paulding, David Williams and Isaac Van
Wart,
All natives of this county
History has told the rest
The people of Westchester county have erected
this monument as we'll to commemorate q great
event as 70 testify their high estimation of that
integrity and patriotism which, rejecting every
temptation, rescued the United States from i'm
minent peril by battling the arts of spy End tic
plots of traitor
Dedicated October 2, 1858
On the east face fronting the pike is q finely
sculptured relief, representing the search of
Andre at the moment when the captor dis
covers the papers in his sock. Despite its
thirty odd years of exposure, every face in
the relief is clear portrait On the north
side is short sentence from Wash ngton's
letter of thanks to the captors The oft told
story need not be repeated. The capture was
one OF the few events in war about which
there has never been dispute, and every de-
tail OF which is known, for the trial of Smith,
Andres guide, took place but four days after
and every incident was infinitely detailed on
that trial by the captors. Time seems only to
add to the Importance of the event, and Tar
rytown justly ranks high as one of our places
OF patriotic pilgrimage j. II. BEADLE.
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closed his business
and recruited a
company. Of which
he was elected cap
tain. In tine follow
ing May his COM
pany was assigned
to the Second Iowa
infantry, and he
was chosen lieuten-
ant colonel of the
regiment, and on
the 5th of the fol-
lowing September
W as m ads its
colonel. His regi-
1r,a,,f yyao eoon ~.
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GEN. JAMES LONGSTREET. winds, Beyond
rises range of hills, and further still are the
Blue Ridge mountains, darklY outlined
against the sky. 1sfs E .ma
As approached the house few deys ago
saw no sign of life save pickaninny i'm the
horse lot and some very fine looking chickens
in the yard.
The large double doors at the front of the
house stood half open. There was no bell, so
/ knocked. There Yves no response, so /
knocked again My next rap, it seemed to
me, was enough to loosen the plastering in
the hall. Still there was no response. At
that moment caught sound of snore. arse
''There is life in the old land yet"
thought, as made an effort to awaken the
snorer.
But the more I knocked, the louder did the
snorer snore. grew tired and quit knock
ing. / turned from the door and looked upon
the beautiful and peaceful scene stretching
away to where the sky touched the mountain
tops. was so vexed that wanted to throw
rock at a mocking bird singing in big
sycamore near by. 3sa G
Turning to the door again put all nay
strength into one terrific crash against the
door. There was a sudden sound as of one
awakening inside the house, and "Lee's old
War Horse" came down the hall to meet me-
His hair was silverl His whiskers were snowl
His giant figure was somewhat bent but his
eagle eyes still flashed with the old time fire,
and years had only deepened the strong
lines in his face He was dressed for
comfort. He did not care that his collar was
awfy; that his vest adorned chair post;
that his alpaca coat was ripped up the back.
He did not care that his slippers went "fap,
flap, flap" against his heels as he walked. i
did not care either. t-G al Sra e :,
'Nobody here today but me-" said the old
warrior, as he showed me into the library
where he had been sleeping on lounge 7
spent quiet afternoon with my old friend.
He talked to ME about war and showed me
his old Confederate uniform. a sls~5 GnE
Il shall put it on some day and have my
picture taken" he said.
"Have YOU had enough of wars" I asked. '7
ayes, plenty on my own account" he re-
piled, "but if France and Germany should
come to blows would like to 60 over and see
G.-l,A
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began life as an e1-
treme liberal; and
it is NAL ic iously
said that his reac-
tionary tendencies
d e v eloped in the
same ratio as his re-
ceipts of govern
ment patronage.
Katkof was born
in Moscow in 1920,
of wealthy parents,
and at the age of
Is graduated with
holloi's from tn Q
AT1eaou, rx,,sva,.e;kv
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And hate procrastination when a duty must be
done.
Though the sisters jostling ages ranged from six
to twenty-five,
Twas easy with the younger ones to know lust
what to do;
They would run with joy to meet me- and, to
match their childish bliss,
must throw my arms around them and bestow
friendly kiss
But here came up the problem so intricate and
vexed,
What sort of salutation should be profered to
the next,
The upper tiers in stature? Q'm susceptible, I'm
told,
Yet wouldn't greet them wrongly for their
precious weight ia gold)
Very soon the door few open on the mothers
dazed surprise:
was ushered in with JUNCTION; there was wei
come in her eyes;
Then the girls, for some odd reason, to make
matters just the worst,
Filed along in youthful order, each one younger
coming first
Now il one kiss impresses to salute with at the
start,
To rosy girl procession half head in height
apart,
Can any Mrs. Grundy with explicitness define
When the kiss must cool to handshake, or where
falls the danger line?
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LONGSTREET In PEACE.
\ VISIT TO THE HOME OF LEES
OLD WAR HORSE.

A Quiet Farm House on the Summit of
Mountain Ridge-The Generals Way
of Enjoying Life ON a Cool Day-He
Would Like to See How Moltke Fights.
Especial Correspondence r,.--.
ATLANTA, Ca, July 49,
must confess great admiration for old
soldiers. To know that man has been pert
and parcel in the fury Of a great battle is
enough to make me uncover my head in his
presence. * zss's.st sEf tes s-st.grs-.
But peculiar interest attaches to the stern
old fellows at whose command tens Of thou
sands rushed to the embrace of death. and
before whose advancing forces tens of thou
sands fell. e@z7
Twenty-Five years ago Gen. James Long
street was man of blood. The ene object
OF his life was the slaughter of men.
What change has come! Perfect peace
surrounds the old soldier in the evening of
his life - -s -r
Ouiet farmhouse stands on the s,,pon,;t of
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I am sure there are some puzzles shall never
figure out,
But, with girls still fearless coming, gave my
self the doubt;
I scaled the upward ladder (what else was there
to do0
And didn't skip o sister from six to twenty two
JOEL BENTON
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ands on the summit of

d mounLaln ridge
in north Georgia.
Before it lies the
valley Of the Chat
tahoochee. TIL e
nd descends
rapidly, and from
the home of Long
street one look 8
down upon the
treetops. For miles
land miles stretches
IA restless sea of
green, famed this
way and that way
by the mountain.
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those maidens kept cleaning on my view,
So one day 1 found the way to TIA periiotw
thing to do a
had met the happy parents of this lovely group
before,
And letter was not needed to bring me to their
door
The dozen girls were strangers, but strong hints
were blown about
That their beauty was bewitching-and their
charms beyond doubt.
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A Conscientious witness,

IS do you soienanly swear that IN the case
now before the court you win tell the trush,
che whole truth and nothing but the truth n
,sked the clerk of Hibernian witness.
4lNell, oil promise so for as the fairst and
ne last IS concerned, but oi don't think oi cud
20 pos'ti about the whole troot' part of il.
9slhy notau 9s Il s.8.s n
'ecauses begorry there was somc of tho
'ow that don't know about at all, an can't
Su ye The troot about that, can IEs- Mcr-
saant Traveller. 's'' 7's II
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VISITING TARRYTOWN.
\ CORRESPONDENT SPENDS A DAY
AT THAT HISTORIC PLACE.
Washington Irying's "Sunnyside"-The
Old Dutch Church-Noted Dfen Who
Now Reside There-The Monument to
tho Captors of Andre.
Special Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
9& als TARRYTowN, N. Y, July 90
The visitor from western state who trav-
erses the east, especially the region of the
Hudson, is at every step amazed by the evi
dences OF realized and funded wealth. Tho
easy grades OF the firm, smooth pixies, the
solid bridges of stone and iron, the massive
stone walls inclosing lovely parks, the castel-
lated residences, which seem more like the
largest government buildings in his own
state, and the solidly cemented arches, col
umns and gateways, that appear to
have been built for eternity, impress
ON him the conviction that wealth and
taste have here been at work for centu
ries In the open woodlands he sees that
every unsightly brush and weed has long
been eradicated; the roadsides are in rich
green, unmarried by the hoofs of errant cattle,
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VOL 10, NO. 3.
FROM SIX TO TWENTY-FIVE.
FAC E TIous EPISODE.
a dear New England hamlet which I do not

l lataiy met a house
hold of captivat
ing fame, ...
Twelve sisters were
its treasures. In
a cottage by the
sea .
They formed q sort
Of complicated
banyan family
tree.
I spent t m y three
weeks outing in
a pretty pension
near
It was a joy to fish,
or sail, to bathe
or breathe the at
lnosphere, ~
p,,f tho notfaoa of
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My friendship with the
mother grew up in such
a way
That the visit seemed q
thought it did impera-
tive to pay;
OF course SO much attrac.
tion was difficult to
shun,
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III the ITCHY adofneu Cemetery North OF
Tarrytown is the grave of the great authos
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-28
Why Maud S. was Sold.

New YORK, Feb 26. Regarding report
that $125, 900 had been offered him for Maud
5. by Mr.. Siddalls of Philadelphia, Mr.. Rob-
e1 Bonner says the reports not true, and
it would not have made any difference If the
offer had been made. Mr.. Bonner says: II
never was more surprised in my life than
when, through Mr.. Turnbull, Mr.. Wander
bilt offered her to me. The $4,000 l gave
him was, of course, no more to him than 40
cents would be to most men. Inc reason he
sold her was because his eyesight grew dim
and he could not see his horses when he
drove them. A million dollars would have
been no temptation to him to sell her. Mil
lions were common enough with him, but
there was only one Maud 5. l suppose the
happiest day in Mr.. Vanderbilts life was
when he drove Maud S. and Aldine in 2.15i.
But he could not drive her any more with
comfort, and he wanted to dispose of her
where she would not be abused; where she
would not be put upon now this track and
now that, and where she would not be al
lowed to win one day and beaten the next,
to suit the convenience OF race track gamb-
lers: Mr.. Vanderbilt knew that l had some
good horses, and that i took good care OF
them, and he wanted her placed with me,
because he wanted her well cared for. II
was her comfort he was looking Tor; that is
all. And feel much the same way. The
mare, You may distinctly say, Is not for sale
and cannot be bought"